Postage system of the Romans, 350. 549.
Postmasters at Merton College, 304.
Prayer, occasional forms of, 13.
Precedence, 327. 541.
Precious stones, emblematical meanings of, 37. 88. 284. 408.
* Prelate noticed by Gibbon, 56.
Prerogative office, its exclusive constitution, 215.
Pretenders, their births and deaths, 177. 230. 572.
Pricket, its meaning, 434.
Primers of the reign of Elizabeth, 170.